Court News

July 10, 1998

BRISTOL

* An area man was sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty Thursday to burglary, sale of narcotics and violation of probation.

Troy Carney, 25, whose last known addresses were in Plainville and Southington, stole $160 and a fax machine from a Southington business in December 1996. Police were led to Carney by letters he discarded in a dumpster and distinctive bootprints, court records say.

In June, Carney was again arrested after a Southington police officer saw him sell a small amount of crack to a man, court papers said.

* A Plainville man was sentenced Thursday to a year in prison after pleading guilty to charges he stole a purse from a desk at Bingham School in Bristol last September.

Court records say Richard Corlette, 32, of no certain address, admitted he was wandering the school halls in search of an empty classroom in which to steal a teacher's pocketbook. A short time after asking a school employee for directions, Corlette stole the woman's purse from her desk and tried unsuccessfully to cash a check at a nearby bank, court records say.